Brian Giles

Biography

Brian Giles is a Dublin-based printmaker and graphic designer. Over the past seven years, Giles has worked in studios across Europe, completing residencies in London, Amsterdam, and Athens, with upcoming projects in Barcelona and Portugal. He is a member of Black Church Print Studio (Dublin), AGA Lab (Amsterdam), and Print Club London. His work has been exhibited at Hang Tough Gallery, Woolwich Print Fair, London Print Fair, Jealous Gallery, and Outset Gallery and is held in the OPW collection. Alongside his studio practice, Giles leads workshops for organisations such as Pinterest and is developing open-access printmaking programmes in Ireland.

Statement

Brian Giles’ work explores how places and experiences shape who we are, using screen printing, risograph, collage, and photography to layer shapes and textures, embracing both precision and unpredictability in his process. Halftone circles, bitmap diffusions, and overlapping transparencies form a visual language of change. At the same time, unexpected occurrences, moiré patterns, ink bleeds, and paper creases remind him that transformation is never entirely controllable. Rooted in residencies and collaborations across Europe, Giles’s work has evolved from figurative beginnings toward abstraction, reflecting his interest in capturing not what is fixed but what is in the process of becoming, the fluidity of identity, memory, and experience as they navigate different environments.